Evidence indicates that human milk (HM) is the best form of nutrition uniquely suited not only
to term but also to preterm infants conferring health benefits in both the short and long-term …

In preterm infants, poor postnatal growth is associated with adverse neurocognitive
outcomes; conversely, rapid postnatal growth is supposedly harmful for future development …

Introduction: Early postnatal weight gain is associated with determinants of cardiovascular
disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) in adults born term. We aimed to …

At the time of discharge home, parents of preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit
often feel apprehensive and may question their ability to care for their baby. The well …

Early nutritional support of preterm infants is critical to life-long health and well being.
Numerous studies have demonstrated that preterm infants are at increased risk of mortality …

The developing brain of the very low birth weight (VLBW) infant is highly sensitive to effects
of the nutritional milieu during the neonatal hospitalization and after discharge. Strategies to …

OBJECTIVE: To determine if the addition of a multinutrient human milk fortifier to mother's
milk while breastfeeding very preterm infants after hospital discharge is possible and …

Background: Premature infants are at increased risk for metabolic bone disease, with
resulting delayed bone growth, osteopenia, and rickets. Method: A systematic review of the …

Preterm-born children are at risk for later neurodevelopmental problems and
cardiometabolic diseases; early-life growth restriction and suboptimal neonatal nutrition …

Extrauterine growth restriction (EUGR) affects a significant number of very low birth weight
(VLBW) infants and has the potential to impact neurodevelopmental outcome as well as …